How to Use ammo in a Sentence

ammo

noun
  • The soldiers ran out of ammo.
  • As long as there is current, the weapon will not run out of ammo.
    — Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American, 19 July 2010
  • True strength doesn’t need to drape itself in long guns and ammo belts.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023
  • There’s no need for live ammo or even blanks onset in this day and age.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 22 Oct. 2021
  • It has never been made clear how live ammo made it onto the set.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2024
  • First being not to have real ammo on the set, or on the truck.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 23 Oct. 2021
  • Two picks would give them more ammo in the honeypot of the draft.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Need more emotional ammo to pull the brakes and make the break take?
    — Author: Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 9 June 2018
  • An ammo clip for the rifle skittered across the floor, a kid told me.
    — Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 20 May 2018
  • See that above, and use this as ammo for your next social media thread.
    — Darla Guillen Gilthorpe, Houston Chronicle, 22 Nov. 2019
  • The gas stations sell live bait, and the hardware stores sell ammo.
    — Max B. Sawicky, The New Republic, 30 Aug. 2021
  • And that’s the kind of play that gives Kitchens’ critics more ammo.
    — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2019
  • In the parking lot, Bowen asked him to hold a gun bag and ammo for him.
    — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Save your ammo; there are a couple bowls … or 35 … still to be played.
    — Cameron Dasilva, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 19 Dec. 2019
  • The aim is for the new ammo to be 20 percent less than an equal brass case weight.
    — Allison Barrie, Fox News, 19 July 2018
  • The fourth quarter was a shootout until the Nets ran out of ammo.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The crooks are going into text, call and email exchanges with a lot of ammo.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
  • Brian’s father passed along his love of the sport, along with plenty of ammo.
    — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2021
  • Joel shoots his revolver at one of the Clickers but runs out of ammo and has to reload.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The last bit of the game is more all-out action mechs, hordes of enemies and loads of ammo.
    — Washington Post, 10 May 2021
  • The low-profile pockets provide enough space for maps, ammo and snacks.
    — Christopher Murray May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Now, double damage and more ammo.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • And this is a bizarre time to remove ammo the Fed is using to fight the crisis.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 20 Nov. 2020
  • The officer did take the gun and ammo, which were going to be destroyed.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Of course, Tamra had this ammo in her back pocket and was waiting to use it.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025
  • The lawmaker doesn’t want to add his bans on workable guns and live ammo to the penal code.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Still, the extra ammo will not change the overall dynamics of the war.
    — Simon Shuster, TIME, 8 July 2024
  • The gun, filled with a type of buckshot, was designed to send the ammo flying if triggered.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The drugs, money and ammo were taken from Williamson and his stash houses.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The ammo inside matched the brass casing found in the boy’s pocket, police said.
    — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 25 Oct. 2019

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